New American Standard Bible 2020

Luke 1:1-4

1SinceG1895 manyG4183 have undertakenG2021 to compileG392 an accountG1335 of the thingsG4229 1 2accomplishedG4135 amongG1722 us, 2justG2531 asG2531 they were handedG3860 downG3860 to us by thoseG3588 who 3from the beginningG746 4were 5eyewitnessesG845 and 6 7servantsG5257 of 8the 9wordG3056, 3it seemedG1380 fittingG1380 to me asG2532 wellG2532, 10having 11investigatedG3877 everythingG3956 carefullyG199 from the beginningG509, to writeG1125 it out for you 12inG2517 an orderlyG2517 sequenceG2517, 13mostG2903 excellentG2903 14TheophilusG2321; 4soG2443 thatG2443 you may knowG1921 the exactG803 truthG803 aboutG4012 the 15thingsG3056 you have been 16 17taughtG2727.

Notes

1. Luke 1:1 Or on which there is full conviction ↩
2. Luke 1:1 Rom 4:21; 14:5; Col 2:2; 4:12; 1 Thess 1:5; 2 Tim 4:17; Heb 6:11; 10:22 ↩
3. Luke 1:2 John 15:27; Acts 1:21f ↩
4. Luke 1:2 Lit became ↩
5. Luke 1:2 2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:1 ↩
6. Luke 1:2 Or ministers ↩
7. Luke 1:2 Acts 26:16; 1 Cor 4:1; Heb 2:3 ↩
8. Luke 1:2 Mark 4:14; 16:20; Acts 8:4; 14:25; 16:6; 17:11 ↩
9. Luke 1:2 I.e., gospel ↩
10. Luke 1:3 1 Tim 4:6 ↩
11. Luke 1:3 Or followed ↩
12. Luke 1:3 Acts 11:4; 18:23 ↩
13. Luke 1:3 Acts 23:26; 24:3; 26:25 ↩
14. Luke 1:3 Acts 1:1 ↩
15. Luke 1:4 Lit words ↩
16. Luke 1:4 Or orally instructed in ↩
17. Luke 1:4 Acts 18:25; Rom 2:18; 1 Cor 14:19; Gal 6:6 ↩